School of Biomedical Sciences Pacific Peoples' Postgraduate Scholarship

The selection committee consisting of the Dean BMS or their nominee, and two members of academic BMS staff appointed by the Dean shall consider the following factors in recommending award of the Scholarship: (i) The applicant's involvement and commitment to Pacific Islands communities (ii) The applicant's interest and commitment to research (iii) The applicant's academic record (iv) May obtain advice and recommendation from appropriate University staff The selection committee reserves the right not to award the scholarship in any given year. Applicants will be advised of the outcome within two weeks of the closing date.

Established in 2015, the School of Biomedical Sciences (BMS) Pacific Peoples' Postgraduate Scholarship provides one Pacific Islands student each year with one-year support to study full-time for a BSc Hons, BBiomedSc Hons, PGDipSci or 1st year MSc within the BMS.

Applicants must be:

• of Indigenous Pacific Island descent (either domestic or international), having met the University's ancestry verification requirements and
• intending to enrol full-time in a 400-level postgraduate programme offered by the School of Biomedical Sciences with the primary supervisor a member of staff in one of the BMS Departments (Anatomy, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Physiology).